Microgreen N.F.T. walk-through with Molly's Micros!! On the Grow
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- 💥Remember the 'How to build' video for our NFT aka Nutrient Film Technique automated hydroponic growing system that we posted hoping that it would inspire others to take our build and customize it further!? 》》
🥳Well, our friend Sean Haverty over at Molly's Micros customized our design and made it even more awesome for his 10yr old daughter Molly and their Microgreen business!! (Father of the year!!🙌)
✅So, we asked him if he could make a video and show everything that he changed and upgraded to make the NFT system better suit their needs. We're happy to see someone doing what we hoped people would do with our simple design and really make it their own. We definitely hope to see more alterations over time because it's so cool to see what the community can do!
➡️➡️As for the NFT system in our grow space, today we will be taking it apart and will be selling it (we have a second system stored) so that we can make space for our new rack that's coming! The NFT is great for commercial production, but we love experiments and need more shelf space for them! We are also adding a tower system to our grow space as well... **2022 update - we ended up donating the entire grow system to a good cause that's teaching people how to grow in their local community.
HOW TO BUILD THE NFT SYSTEM ➽ • Custom NFT Rack "how-t...
In the "How to Build" video linked above, CJ guides you through how to build a N.F.T. system for Microgreens from scratch. The estimated ➽ Build Cost for this system is about $1,537.50 for all components (not including tools) ➽ We also provided the Build Measurements via a screenshot of all the measurements at the end of the video so you can pause and grab that info! Below are also links to the supplies we used!
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BUILD SUPPLIES ➽ www.amazon.com...
➽➽The only items that are not listed on our Amazon storefront are the NFT Channels, the MakerPipe connectors and the EMT pipe.
NFT CHANNELS ➽ can be purchased from CropKing or FarmTek!
MAKERPIPE FRAME CONNECTORS ➽ makerpipe.com/... (for an additional 5% off your order!)
3/4" EMT CONDUIT FOR FRAME ➽ can be purchased from most any hardware store in the electrical aisle. We got ours from Home Depot (www.homedepot....) because they do not have a Prop 65 warning like the conduit from Lowes!
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➽ Watering Tool: homedepot.sjv.i...
➽ Microgreen Grow Light: onthegrow.tv/L...
➽ Free Seeding Guide: onthegrow.tv/O...
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Your experimentation is what is so awesome about your vids. I think you'll see an ROI as a design/research/consultant team. Your merch is really tasteful, too.
Love it! Way to @onthegrow and @mollysmicros!! Awesome setup and customization to an already incredible design! And now the WHOLE microgreens community benefits from your willingness to share!
Thank you so much for the support! And Yes! That is what I love about what we do... I want people to take the ideas/concepts/builds and put their twist on it and continue to share and improve with the community!
Gotta be so cool to see someone take your design and adapt it.
Thank You for all your experimentation demonstrations and making all these great videos and sharing them!! So helpful and inspiring!!
Nice set-up. Thanks for sharing.
Appreciate that! Thank you for watching
Nice collaboration video. Molly’s Micros did a great job. Wish I had the extra funds to do a setup like that. Maybe when or if I expand in the future. Cheers 🍻
Thank you! I know right! Sean did great sharing his system. It's a pretty fun system :D I just think it looks so awesome to look at when it's filled with the microgreens. You should be doing your first grows soon right? Excited to hear how they go! Keep us updated please!
Yes my first grow will hopefully be Monday. I was hoping yesterday but I’m waiting on seeds. Everything else is already cleaned and sanitized. Can’t wait to get started. 😄
Outstanding
Thank you so much for the support!
This channel was made for me! Thank you so much!!! :D
Thank you so much for the support! It really was made for you 🤗🌱🌱🌱
To Shawn: I suggest keeping metals out of the nutrient system since that can cause problems, instead have a look into fish tank filters. there are various micron sized meshes in bag forms, from small socks, to large sieves. they are easy to use and clean, and they won't screw up your water ;)
Great suggestion!
Hello! Thanks for the great video, I'm planning to switch to NFT soon. Are you using meshed trays or trays with holes? Do you think my actual 1.25'' deep trays with holes would do the same job?
And what is the substrate you use?
Love all your videos. I have a growing business because of you two and I really appreciate all you’ve shared. I’ve been growing exclusively in soil and want to move to nft but have found almost nothing on how to grow micros in an nft set up, what grows well and what doesn’t. It would be really great to be able to step away for 24 to 72 hours to help my aging parents without losing all of my plants that are out of blackout…what resources do you recommend to get up to speed on nft?
nice setup, for experiments, you aught to try ebb and flow with the trays sitting off the ground so they can properly drain. Im sure having a constant wet bottom, and no air flow is 50% of diseases
Thank you! Yeah, we have an indoor flood and drain system that works well! We prefer the NFT because it requires a much, much smaller reservoir than the F&D systems.
Hi Guys, great system, love the tube shelving, what weight would you think a shelf like that could hold?
Super nice job!
I know right! He did great sharing some updates/features about their system!
Hey CJ, that really is a great set up! I'd like know where in China I could buy the white channels. Thanks!
🙂CropKing and FarmTek are the companies to contact about NFT channels we used. Thank you and good luck on your build!!
Love the setup!!
Thank you so much!!
nft or flood to drain which is best for commercial and cost of labour?
I thinking about building something like this, quick question though. how wide could you make something like this? I see this build's width is basically doubled vs the On The Grow one, what are the concerns with weight?
hi there, can I integrate this system with a fish tank (aquaponics) so the nutrients are going to be natural? thx ahead
Any clever ideas how to add wheel casters on the conduit poles?
Great Question! I actually ended up 3D designing and 3D printing some connectors for mine... I think that's quickly talked about in our Custom Flood and Drain build video. It was really easy to find some casters at a hardware store, then you just gotta figure out how to get them to fit into the conduit. I bought my caster smaller and then 3D printed a spacer to fit over the caster and hold it snug in the conduit pipe. You can make a space out of wood with a hole saw and a drill bit. Just gotta make sure its the right size for the conduit.
The site Modular Pipe has a set of wheels for the conduit poles. See like to the episode.
Is there any nft trays that would allow you to turn the trays 90 degrees?
I feel like more trays would fit that way...
Can you guys please tell me where you get NFT trays that 10x20 trays will fit in?
Much Love and Thanks!
Hey guys! I wanted to ask on your take against filtered vs tap water. I know you guys use a filter for your water, but I was wondering what your views on using tap water for microgreens is. I see alot of big growers on youtube use tap water regularly and I wanted to see if you guys thought there is a dramatic difference between using filtered water. Thanks!
Honesty I feel like both are great solutions! I do think that it is wise to have your water tested, just so you have a good understanding of your water source. It really helps with figuring out if you need a filter and if so, what specifically are you aiming to filter out of your current tap water. We currently use one to reduce chlorine and a few other potential contaminates like lead and heavy metals... some cities have amazing tap water while others are questionable. Hope that helps!! 🌱🌱
@@OnTheGrow Do you think using Reverse osmosis filtration is overkill? It's only way to remove Fluoride. Makes sense to work with clean pure water and just add what is needed.
What LED lights work the best?
does Shawn have a guide to building this i need his setup!
I will ask if he does and find a way of putting that information together for everyone!
Hey! So Sean got back to me with the measurements and a drawing of his system. Anyone who is interested in getting the measurements, could you could please email me at CJ@Onthegrow.net so that I can forward all of the information to you!
I just would like to know where he got the pipes and fittings for the structure.
@@hikerheadz1402 We got the pipes from Home Depot which is a local hardware store to us. And the fittings are from a company called Maker Pipe
You should do a grow a long for a type of microgreen
We are actually doing one right now! It should be finished in about 5-7days!
What type of microgreen
Dl Braymans it’s Red Acre Cabbage which is a brassica! It just went into the light today, so once we get the true leaves on it, we will harvest it and post the full walk though!
That sounds fun hope you have a good crop
How can I find cjs amazon to buy those long led lights
Where do you buy the white nft trays
We got ours from a Company called CropKing, but you can also get them from a company called FarmTek, or you could even order them directly from China if you have the patience! They're the 10" wide channels.
Do you water your green whole day?
If we hand water, we will water twice a day usually once morning and once evening. When its automated like in this system, we will think its best to run it for 1-minute, once a day and that seems to be sufficient for the microgreens. Hope that helps!
@@OnTheGrow Thanks, Its very usefull
Wouldn't it be cheaper with more space to use flood trays over fodder channels?
Potentially depending on how many flood trays you’re able to stack vertically and what size flood trays you’re using. My main concern is the reservoir size needed for flood trays. With NFT, I am able to get away with a much much smaller reservoir because it’s only a thin film of water instead of having to flood an entire deep tray system. Plus we didn’t like use a flood tray for micros, we kept getting issues from over-watering...
@@OnTheGrow I orginally started with flood trays and had a nightmare of a time with overwatering, rotting and mold from too much water that soaked the stems and leaves when they are smaller. I've gone to hand watering and can't wait to move to NFT system now with higher volumes of micros.
@@helenkorb164 NFT works really, really well! A single 1 minute watering each day is basically all you need for NFT. We are going to be rebuilding our NFT systems soon :)
Amazon link?
www.amazon.com/shop/onthegrowfarms
Добрый день. Меня интересует возможность приобрести поддоны для гидропоники)) Я живу в Украине.
Спасибо за Ваш интерес! В настоящее время мы их не продаем, мы просто учим людей создавать свои собственные.
Does this water itself?
Yes! This system was setup so that we just sit the trays in when they are ready for light and everything is taken care of! They will get watered automatically as well as lights coming on and off automatically.
@@OnTheGrow that's really cool. Is there a video explaining how that works?
How often do you feed ?
With all of the bottom waterings. We check and water , as needed, 2 times a day.😊 Alex Montenegro 😀We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens Master Book and our first Microgreens Cookbook will be available very soon!
😃Please visit our new website at 0nthegrow.net for info and early sign up!!!
Где купить желоб такой шириной?
Мы получаем наши от этой компании
www.cropking.com/
Я хочу купить такую установку
Здравствуйте! Мы не продаем эту систему. Мы сделали это, чтобы у людей было руководство по созданию своего.
@@OnTheGrow Добрый день!)) Я имела ввиду купить в магазине, а не у Вас. Успехов и удачи желаю. Тоже хочу научиться выращивать микрогрин))